For whom the bells knell

A 72-year-old widowed woman known to have an organic brain syndrome was hospitalised owing to gangrene of her lower limbs. The gangrene had been caused by an adduction contracture of her hip resulting in pressure on the medial surface of her left leg. In addition she had pressure sores over both tro...

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Authors: Heim, M. (Author) ; Steinbach, T. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 1988
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 140-143
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